NME magazine - The XX cover (18 September 2010)

THE XX - It's straight after the Barclaycard Mercury Awards and Matt Wilkinson catches up with the bleary-eyed winners to talk about their past, their award-winning present and the future
4 pages

MATT HELDERS - three quarter page

JAKE SHEARS - half page

VICTORIA LEGRAND - 1page
THE ABC CLUB - 1 page

NICKY WIRE wants to see a new band with the passion and intensity of his own Manic Street Preachers. He gives Barry Nicolson his firebrand manifesto to save rock'n'roll
5 pages

MANCHESTER - Call it post-parka or Radchester or whatever - right now, Manchester is on fire, home to the most potent scene in a generation. Matt Wilkinson heads to the northern quarter to meet four of the most exciting bands in the UK today
Featuring The Heartbreaks, Everything Everything, Dutch Uncles, Egyptian Hip Hop4 pages